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March 2011 - www.avitrader.com
HEAVY MAINTENANCE
It’s a buyer’s market - or is it?
Industry News
• ILFC is back in the game
• Gazpromavia Maintenance
• LHT, AFI/KLM E&M, GAMECO and more
analysis: KEEPING YOUR CRJs IN THE AIR
Editor‘s Page
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Heavy maintenance: A buyer’s market or opportunities for all?
Welcome to our March issue of AviTrader MRO, our ‘Heavy Maintenance Special’. In this issue, we have tackled the subject of heavy maintenance and asked a number of senior industry executives about their thoughts on the state of the industry: Do they see it as a buyer’s market or can a service provider influence an airline’s choice beyond the parameters of price and time? And where they see the sector 10 years down the road, when we’re due to have a whole new range of fully electric, compositeconstructed and fuel efficient next-generation aircraft flying our skies?
Within these pages we also speak to Richard
Poutier, a senior VP at resurgent lessor ILFC, which went on a massive $11.8 billion spending spree earlier this month on orders for 133 new aircraft, and we travel to Russia to see how
Gazprom has built a viable home-grown maintenance centre for business jets. And as usual, we feature our regular contribution from the
IBA, this time an insightful analysis into maintenance costs for the world’s best-selling regional jet, the Bombardier CRJ.
Next month, we shift the focus onto engine maintenance, where we ask the burning question: is engine maintenance an OEM business, or is there room for airline shops and independents? We’ll also include a lively debate on PMA
parts, with input from professionals on all sides of the table. And to continue our series of exclusive interviews with industry professionals, we will be featuring a face-to-face chat with one of the leading figures in the aviation industry, who will give us his thoughts on and expert insight into the business.
After that, we move on to
MRO
March 2011 - www.avitrader.com
HEAVY MAINTENANCE
It’s a buyer’s market - or is it?
Industry News
• ILFC is back in the game
• Gazpromavia Maintenance
• LHT, AFI/KLM E&M, GAMECO and more
analysis: KEEPING YOUR CRJs IN THE AIR
Editor‘s Page
2
Heavy maintenance: A buyer’s market or opportunities for all?
Welcome to our March issue of AviTrader MRO, our ‘Heavy Maintenance Special’. In this issue, we have tackled the subject of heavy maintenance and asked a number of senior industry executives about their thoughts on the state of the industry: Do they see it as a buyer’s market or can a service provider influence an airline’s choice beyond the parameters of price and time? And where they see the sector 10 years down the road, when we’re due to have a whole new range of fully electric, compositeconstructed and fuel efficient next-generation aircraft flying our skies?
Within these pages we also speak to Richard
Poutier, a senior VP at resurgent lessor ILFC, which went on a massive $11.8 billion spending spree earlier this month on orders for 133 new aircraft, and we travel to Russia to see how
Gazprom has built a viable home-grown maintenance centre for business jets. And as usual, we feature our regular contribution from the
IBA, this time an insightful analysis into maintenance costs for the world’s best-selling regional jet, the Bombardier CRJ.
Next month, we shift the focus onto engine maintenance, where we ask the burning question: is engine maintenance an OEM business, or is there room for airline shops and independents? We’ll also include a lively debate on PMA
parts, with input from professionals on all sides of the table. And to continue our series of exclusive interviews with industry professionals, we will be featuring a face-to-face chat with one of the leading figures in the aviation industry, who will give us his thoughts on and expert insight into the business.
After that, we move on to